The characters feel real, their traumas are real, and the film's message is always carried through. Yet, the film's restrained approach to the story showed a much appreciated respect to letting events unfold organically.
One such shift was the discovery of Firth's post-traumatic stress, which felt oddly at bay at the beginning of the film. One problem that is created is that the momentum is not always carried over to the other storyline (past and present), with some shifts happening rather sporadically. The pace of the film can be slow at parts, yet dead-on in others. All performances are understated, as is the film, yet still powerful, headlined by a terrific performance from Colin Firth. Though this is a noted criticism for many, I found that ultimately the structure worked, and was impressed by the strong performances by the cast in both timelines. These are frequent, and long lasting, which create two worlds that feel very real and well realized, yet can sometimes feel like separate entities, each with their own self-contained stories.
The story is told through flashbacks, used interchangeably. Enter the lovely Patti Lomax (Nicole Kidman) who pushes Eric to confront his demeans, culminating in a painful confrontation of his past. Based on the autobiography, Railway Man tells the story of a British officer who was brutally treated as a prisoner of war, returned to his country as a man still deeply troubled, continuing the war in his own mind. Heartfelt from the start, poignant, compelling, and yet strangely subtle, Railway Man is a film of inspiration and one of melancholy, ending on a profound note, if not always achieving that during its run. The acting is very good and it moves along nicely, even if incompletely. One that I would recommend to any friend who likes dramas. Ultimately they tried to do too much in this one film.Īltogether it was a pretty good movie. The scenes between Kidman and Skarsgard's characters are masterfully done, but there wasn't time to dig any deeper into that relationship either.
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The Railway Man is based on a true story and, even though this movie is flawed, is impactful in many ways. Sanada and Firth's encounter is way too short and under examined. If they would have spent more time with the main characters during the war, the results would have been much better. It doesn't matter who is in these pivotal roles, with the script they had to work with, nobody could have made this chemistry work. The biggest problem is the failed attempt to create the kind of chemistry between Kidman and Firth that the writers and/or directors were going for. There are so many big names in The Railway Man that I expected it to be nothing but brilliant. The Railway Man is a good movie with great actors that failed to hit the mark.
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